The 6-foot-7, 270-pound senior-to-be is rated a two-star recruit by Scout. He is the second in-state recruit from the class of 2015 to give his verbal to CSU. Bear Creek athlete Olabisi Johnson gave his verbal on Friday.

Gaoa is also the second Rocky Mountain player this year to announce he is going to play football for a D-I school. Punter Alex Kinney announced earlier this month he will be going to the University of Colorado.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.